After the coldest, wettest, windiest General Election campaign here in West Cornwall and Scilly I’m relieved and grateful to be re-elected for the third time as the Member of Parliament for St Ives.

It was fantastic to have Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Andrea Leadsom, in Helston over the weekend, especially fitting given that it was Small Business Saturday.

Derek Thomas took time off from his street campaigning to welcome both the Prime Minister and Health Secretary to West Cornwall last week.

Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock pledged his commitment to Helston Community Hospital on a visit with Derek Thomas, the prospective Conservative candidate for West Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly.

Derek Thomas has pledged to improve the lives of people with dementia should he be re-elected on 12th December.

I will continue to press for the close integration of health and care services, for more NHS dentists and better diagnostic services closer to home.

West Cornwall MP Derek Thomas says he is “greatly encouraged” by the Chancellor’s response to a demand for funds to build an integrated health and social care hub on the Isles of Scilly.

A nine-month pilot project at St Ives’ Edward Hain Hospital trialling a new approach to caring for elderly and vulnerable people has been hailed as a ‘huge success’.

NHS England has today announced it has secured a definitive agreement with Vertex Pharmaceuticals to make available all three of their UK-licensed cystic fibrosis medicines. 

West Cornwall MP Derek Thomas is calling for major changes in the way people suffering the ‘silent crisis’ of leg ulcers are treated.